Five Ways to Celebrate National Robotics Week in Your K–8 Classroom
National Robotics Week runs April 4–12, 2026. Here are five activities, drawn from the Make Wonder blog, that you can run with Dash this week, whatever grade you teach and however much time you have. What is National Robotics Week? National Robotics Week, known informally as RoboWeek, is an annual, congressionally recognized celebration held each […]
7 WONDER-ful Spring Activities with Dash
Spring into Coding with Dash Give students the opportunity to engage in creative and collaborative projects with this roundup of Spring-themed activities. Got an idea to share? Post it on social media and tag us @wonderworkshop or @moraviaeducation and we might reshare on our social channels! Host an Easter Parade Watch the Easter Parade Video […]
Egg-cellent Fun with Dash Robot
As Easter approaches, why not hop into some egg-cellent fun with Dash the robot? These three Easter-themed activities will have your students collaborating, coding, and celebrating springtime traditions in a hands-on, engaging way. Each activity encourages problem-solving, creativity, and teamwork—guaranteeing a memorable learning experience for all! Do the Egg Help Challenge! In this challenge card, […]
Telling Time With Dash
Looking for a hands-on way to bring time-telling to life for your elementary school students? In this engaging lesson, your students will join forces with Dash to draw analog clocks on a whiteboard mat, depicting different times. Learners will practice telling time in hours, half-hours, and even minutes. Not only will they sharpen their time-telling […]
From Slalom to Snowballs: Winter Olympic STEM Challenges with Dash
The Winter Olympics are here, and that can only mean one thing in your classroom… it’s time for Dash to go for gold. 🥇 In this special collection of Winter Olympic–inspired Dash activities, students won’t just learn about the Games… they’ll engineer them. They’ll design courses, choreograph robot routines, build accessories, and solve real coding […]
Programmed for Friendship: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Dash
Make collaboration, kindness, and coding the heart of your Valentine’s Day celebration! Downloadable Dash Valentines Print out a special set of Dash-themed valentines for students to share with their classmates. You could even turn valentine delivery into a coding challenge. Suit up Dash with a DIY Gripper or Bulldozer attachment, and have students code Dash […]
Celebrate International Lego Day with Dash
Build, Code, and Create a Robot Petting Zoo 🧱🤖🐾 January 28 is International LEGO Day, and we’re celebrating with an activity that puts creativity front and center—where students decide what to build, how it looks, and how it behaves. By combining LEGO® building with Dash and a classroom-tested coding lesson, students can design and program […]
20+ Winter WONDER-ful Activities for Dash
Coding in a Winter Wonderland There are many ways to reinforce physical coding and applied robotics during this holiday season. You can use these winter wonderland ideas as morning warm-ups or for Friday free time, or you can create rotation stations to tackle them all at once during a classroom celebration. Pick and choose your […]
Lesson Plan: Dash the Thankful Turkey
🦃 Activity Title: Dash the Thankful Turkey Objective: Students will program “Dash the Turkey” to travel around a mat, stopping at spaces to share things they’re thankful for. Materials: Dash robot Sketch Mat or any coding mat (can also tape a grid on the floor) 4–6 “Thankful Spot” cards (one per square you choose) Paper […]
Dash Thanksgiving Day Parade
Bring the Thanksgiving Day Parade to Your Classroom with the Balloons Over Broadway STEM Challenge 🎈🤖 If you’ve been on social media this November, you’ve probably seen the Balloons Over Broadway STEM challenge floating around. It’s a fun, creative way to combine reading, engineering, and coding — and Dash makes it even more exciting! Here’s […]
